To make u feel a bit better, Ants don't eat veggies, nor do they damage the roots. In fact, there's a theory here in this forum that Ants may actually do roots some good by churning up the soil around them.

Ants are all over the place, and not necessarily nesting in your garden bed. But if u do see a nest in your garden soil there's a simple way of getting them to move it. Simply flood them out with ordinary water from your hose. Leave it on a trickle, over the nest, for 12 to 24 hours to saturate the soil with water.

They will not let the nest drown, but simply move it to a new location.

Best of luck!

Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience......Ralph Waldo Emmerson....

I am currently trying to discourage the ants that have infested a couple of large planters in my front yard. I disagree that they don't do harm to the plants. The fact that they churn up the soil so much causes the plants' roots to be too loose and not in contact with the soil. I may be describing that poorly, but I've had it happen before enough to know it will kill the plants in the container. All I've done so far is water and stick a fork into the soil to disturb the ants. I hope they will decide this is not a safe place and move on. These nests seem to have sprung up almost overnight. Hopefully they are not established and will leave.I would not be concerned if I only saw a few ants. What I have is a nest.

MarieZone 1b, Northern MBOne of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns, The Passing Show

I have a Tarragon plant in a container in my backyard, must be about 10 years old, ants have had a nest under and in the plant for 8 of those 10 years, and they haven't done any damage to the plant at all.

The worst thing is I always feel guilty when I lift the pot to mow the lawn and I seem them scrambling around frantically